Remain.....

Remain....

I was reading John 15 and one word kept leaping out, "remain" over and over again..like it was worth repeating....IT IS....that connection, that "remain".....

Jesus is in us, with us.....as life flows through branches not cut off...He is our life blood, our breath, our comforter, our Word, our bread, our Love, our Christmas Joy, our Righteousness, our Redeemer..our everything...our remainer....that once there never leaves....or forsakes....

Thank YOU for remaining .....help me to remain in You, to bear the fruit...that only glorifies You.....

Psalm 146:6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth,the sea, and everything in them—he remains faithful forever. 

John 15:1-11 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 

Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. 

If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 

If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 

This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. 

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. 

Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.